JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, from mid back and top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body continued in the round with circular needle. The sleeves are worked in the round with double pointed needles.
NECK
Cast on 80-80-84-84-88-88 stitches with short circular needle/double pointed needles size 3 mm and colour cranberry DROPS Sky. Knit 1 round. Change to colour white fog and work rib in the round (knit 2, purl 2) for 3 cm.
Knit 1 round and increase 16-20-20-24-24-28 stitches evenly spaced – read INCREASE TIP= 96-100-104-108-112-116 stitches. Change to circular needle size 4 mm.
Insert 1 marker-thread at the beginning of the round (mid-back); the yoke is measured from here!
YOKE
Read KNITTING TIP and work A.1 in the round. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
AT THE SAME TIME on each round marked with an arrow in A.1, increase as follows – remember INCREASE TIP:
Arrow-1:
Increase 20-24-24-24-24-28 stitches evenly spaced = 116-124-128-132-136-144 stitches.
Arrow-2:
Increase 24-24-24-24-28-28 stitches evenly spaced = 140-148-152-156-164-172 stitches.
Arrow-3:
Increase 24-24-24-24-28-28 stitches evenly spaced = 164-172-176-180-192-200 stitches.
Arrow-4:
Increase 24-24-28-28-28-32 stitches evenly spaced = 188-196-204-208-220-232 stitches.
Arrow-5:
Increase 24-28-32-32-32-32 stitches evenly spaced = 212-224-236-240-252-264 stitches.
Finish A.1, then continue with colour white fog until the yoke measures 16-16-16-17-18-19 cm from the marker on the neck.
Divide for the body and sleeves on the next round as follows:
Knit 31-33-35-36-38-40 (half back piece), place the next 44-46-48-48-50-52 stitches on 1 thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-8-8-8 stitches (in side under sleeve), knit 62-66-70-72-76-80 (front piece), place the next 44-46-48-48-50-52 stitches on 1 thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-8-8-8 stitches (in side under sleeve), knit the last 31-33-35-36-38-40 stitches (half back piece). The body and sleeves are finished separately.
The piece is now measured from here!
BODY
= 136-144-152-160-168-176 stitches.
Continue in the round with stocking stitch and colour white fog for a further 15-19-23-25-26-27 cm. Knit 1 round and increase 36-36-36-40-40-40 stitches evenly spaced = 172-180-188-200-208-216 stitches. Change to circular needle size 3 mm. Work rib (knit 2, purl 2) for 2½-2½-2½-3½-3½-3½ cm, then work 2 rounds of rib in colour cranberry. Cast off with rib. The jumper measures approx. 36-40-44-48-50-52 cm from the shoulder.
SLEEVES
Place the 44-46-48-48-50-52 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double pointed needles size 4 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6-6-6-8-8-8 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 50-52-54-56-58-60 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the new stitches under the sleeve and allow it to follow your work onwards; it is used when decreasing under the sleeve.
Work stocking stitch in the round with colour white fog.
When the sleeve measures 3 cm, decrease 2 stitches under the sleeve – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 1½-2½-3-3½-4-4 cm a total of 6-7-7-7-7-8 times = 38-38-40-42-44-44 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 14-20-24-27-31-35 cm from the division. Knit 1 round and increase 6-6-8-6-8-8 stitches evenly spaced = 44-44-48-48-52-52 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 3 mm and work rib (knit 2, purl 2) for 2½-2½-2½-3½-3½-3½ cm, then work 2 rounds of rib in colour cranberry. Cast off with rib. The sleeve measures approx. 17-23-27-31-35-39 cm from the division.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.
Diagram
= white fog
= cranberry
= peach
= light sea green
